Lucas v. Lucas

FLANIGAN, Judge.

The parties on this appeal are two women, each claiming to be the widow of Edmond Lucas, who died, intestate, on January 2, 1992, as a resident of Greene County. On November 17, 1992, in his estate, letters of administration were issued to the public administrator as the personal representative.

In October 1993, Wynaka Lucas filed, in the probate proceeding, an “Application for Determination of Heirship and Matrimonial Status.” Several months earlier, Ruth Lucas and Wynaka Lucas, each claiming to be the surviving spouse, filed separate applications *366for exempt property, §…